Skwentna Airport
SKW · PASW · Skwentna, Alaska · Matanuska-Susitna County · map
Skwentna Airport is a public-use airport, 1 mile northeast of Skwentna, Alaska, 148 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 10/28, is 3,400 feet of gravel. The receiver network heard 1 different aircraft arrive or depart here in the last seven days. The FAA counts about 3,500 takeoffs and landings a year. About 104 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Skwentna Airport?
Its FAA code is SKW, and its ICAO code is PASW.
Where is Skwentna Airport?
It is 1 mile northeast of Skwentna, Alaska, 148 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Skwentna Airport?
Its one runway, 10/28, is 3,400 feet long, gravel.
Does Skwentna Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Where can you fly nonstop from Skwentna Airport?
Airline flights go to 4 airports, the busiest of them Merrill Field, Boulder City Municipal, Tyonek, Big Lake. Every route
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Skwentna Airport?
1 pilot examiner and 1 aviation medical examiner work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Skwentna Airport…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA SKW · ICAO PASW
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 148 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Anchorage sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 25E
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1949
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 3,400 × 75 ft | Gravel, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 10: brush on the approach
- Runway 28: brush on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Talkeetna Airport (38 nm northeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Willow Airport (35 nm east), Christiansen Lake Seaplane Base (38 nm northeast), Talkeetna Airport (38 nm northeast).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Alaska · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Activate rotating beacon - the common traffic frequency.
- Two 100 feet towers 1.5 NM west. Soft durg spring.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 10/28; windsock - the common traffic frequency.
- Atv road Xs runway 900 feet from threshold.
- Reflective cones; thresholds reflective panels.
- Reflective cones; thresholds reflective panels.
- 200 feet path cut through trees approach end.
- Runway condition unmnt; recommended visual insp bfr landing.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
- Looking…
From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 144 departures from SKW in those twelve months, carrying 93 passengers in 484 seats (19% filled), to 4 destinations on 1 airline.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skwentna → Merrill Field SKW–MRI | 137 | 91 | Spernak Airways Inc. |
| Skwentna → Boulder City Municipal SKW–BVU | 4 | 0 | Spernak Airways Inc. |
| Skwentna → Tyonek SKW–TYE | 2 | 0 | Spernak Airways Inc. |
| Skwentna → Big Lake SKW–BGQ | 1 | 2 | Spernak Airways Inc. |
All 4 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
No based-aircraft count is published for this airport.
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The aircraft heard arriving or departing are the site's own record from the volunteer receiver network, airliners included; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 3,500, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 1,000 |
| general aviation, travelling | 2,500 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Skwentna from the FAA register
3 aircraft are registered to owners in Skwentna, Alaska: 3 piston singles. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Alaska.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
1 pilot examiner (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) is based within 50 nautical miles: 1 for private pilot, 1 for commercial and instrument, 1 for flight instructor; 1 for airplanes, 1 for seaplanes. Also nearby: 1 aviation medical examiner, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 1 engineering representative.
- Walter Maurice Warner private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes, seaplanes · Willow, AK (35 nm) · (907) 232-2560 · [email protected]
All 4 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 11 since 1982, 1 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Skwentna 3 aircraft · 3 piston singles
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 11 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Alaska 5,930 since 1982 · 824 in the last ten years
- Merrill Field (MRI) 137 flights in twelve months · Spernak Airways Inc.
- Boulder City Municipal (BVU) 4 flights in twelve months · Spernak Airways Inc.
- Tyonek (TYE) 2 flights in twelve months · Spernak Airways Inc.
- Big Lake (BGQ) 1 flights in twelve months · Spernak Airways Inc.
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Alaska 392 landing places
- Alaska 9,146 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/SKW.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 30, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.